,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aeba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ah1
 #bjac,ms4 ,murkowski introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit ,federal agencies  
from requiring seafood to be certified  
as sustainable by a third party         
nongovernmental organization and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,responsible   
,seafood ,certification and ,labeling   
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on seafood      
sustainability certification            
requirements  7a7 ,prohibition ,no      
executive agency may-- 7#a7 require or  
reference a certificate of              
sustainability1 or otherwise identify as
 sustainable1 based on criteria or      
standards developed by a third party    
nongovernmental organization in awarding
 a contract for-- 7,a7 the procurement  
of fish or seafood2 or  7,b7 concessions

 or vending1 including the sale of fish 
or seafood2 or  7#b7 endorse the use of 
any label1 standard1 or other scheme to 
certify fish or seafood as sustainable  
based on criteria or standards developed
 by a third party nongovernmental       
organization4  7b7 ,executive agency    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
executive agency has the meaning given  
that term in section #acc of title #da1 
,united ,states ,code4  7c7 ,effect on  
regulations ,no rule1 regulation1 or    
guideline issued by an executive agency1
 including the ,department of ,health   
and ,human ,services1 that requires or  
recommends that fish or seafood be      
certified as sustainable by a third     
party nongovernmental organization shall
 have any force or effect1 including any
 rule1 regulation1 or guideline issued  
prior to the date of the enactment of   
this ,act4